5.7) Design Concepts (General)
There are 11 design concepts listed in the ODD protocol. Most of these were discussed extensively by Railsback (2001), Grimm and Railsback (2005; Ch. 5), and in Railsback and Grimm (2012) and are summarized in the following questions. The goal of this section of the ODD is more to give a quick overview of which concepts were considered and why. They can broadly be divided in general and agent specific concepts:
General design concepts:
| Basic Principles | What are the general concepts and theories underlying the model’s design? |
| Emergence | What emerges from the model (rather than being imposed)? |
| Stochasticity | Justification for any stochasticity in the model |
| Observation | How are data collected from the model for analysis? |